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Silent Hill has come to be produced with
influences from a great number of works.
Those genres include many different things
such as literature and movies, as well as
comics, paintings and music. Let's introduce
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A master of modern horror, many
of whose novels have been made
into films
A leading figure in
modern horror who has acquired
many fans all over the world.
His representative works include
Carrie, The Shining, and Pet
Sematary. Most of his works have
been made into films and have
gained high popularity.
Incidentally, the Bachman Road that appears in the first game
originates from Richard Bachman,
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Skeleton Crew (1)
contains the short novel
"The Mist" ● Fusosha
Mystery ● 620 yen |
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Carrie depicts a young
girl who possesses
special abilities ●
Shincho Bunko ●
590 yen |
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King is a master and
a pioneer of modern
horror. His works
have been used for
various references
and have also been
influential. Of his
works that have been
made into movies, I
recommend The
Langoliers and Pet
Sematary.
(Hiroyuki Owaku)
The tv drama version
of It that was
produced in America
is really worth
seeing.
(Masahiro Ito) |
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A popular horror author who,
together with King, is one of
horror's two most prominent
figures
A best-selling
author with an artisan's
temperament who devotes himself
to entertainment. He wrote
science fiction and suspense in
his 60s under a number of
different pen names, but gave
modern horror his undivided
attention in and after his late
70s using the name Dean Koontz.
His representative works include
Mr. Murder, The Face of Fear,
The Vision, and The Voice of the
Night. |
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Phantoms ● Hayakawa
Bunko NV Modern Horror
Selection ● 660 yen
(first and last
volumes) |
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The Door to December ●
Tokyo Sogensha/Sogen
Novels ● 680 yen (first
and last
volumes) |
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I think that as a
master of modern
horror, Koontz, like
King, has been
referenced a lot and
has also been a
great influence. He
has a number of film
adaptations and so
even though King's
works are more
well-known, taking
the story element
into consideration,
I personally like
Koontz better. In
particular, Hideaway
is a book that I
strongly recommend.
(Hiroyuki Owaku) |
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A pioneer in folklore who
systematized oral traditions
A folklorist who continues to pursue
folklore. Tono Monogatari, a
collection of oral traditions,
contains a great number of strange
tales that call to mind otherworldly
beings. |
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From this work, the traditions
of Silent Hill reference the way
prosaic folk traditions should
be and their placement.
(Hiroyuki Owaku) |
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Manifesting the horror that lies
hidden in popular manners and
customs
A horror novelist known for
works such as Inugami and Shikoku.
Many of her works portray the horror
that lies in the background in the
culture and beliefs that have been
established in Japan since long ago. |
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Bando has a superb style that
possesses a musty atmosphere and
a viscous feeling of oppression.
I made a great effort to work
that sense of atmosphere into
the game.
(Hiroyuki Owaku) |
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A leading figure in modern horror
who ended his literary career
A novelist known for works such as
Swan Song and Mine. Together with
King and Koontz, McCammon became a
leader in modern horror but
announced his retirement in 1999. |
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Stinger portrays the drama that
unfolds between aliens and
humans ● Fusosha ● 660 yen
(first and last volumes) |
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Works that have elements of abstract
absurdity
An avant-garde novelist known for a
literary style that is absurd and
abstract. Abe handled various genres
such as science fiction and mystery,
and all of his esoteric works have
various possible interpretations. |
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In Abe's masterpiece The Box
Man, a soliloquy is composed in
which a man is possessed by his
fascination with a box and
becomes a box man ● Shincho
Bunko ● 400 yen |
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Unorthodox works that portray an
otherworld
An expert who depicts every
mysterious phenomenon from
supernatural creatures to science
fiction with an overwhelming sense
of reality. The otherworld in which
reason has no bearing is also
something that is linked to the
world of Silent Hill. |
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Shiori and Shimiko's Incident
Involving a Freshly Severed Head
● Asahi Sonorama ● 757 yen |
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A master of horror comics
A leading figure in horror comics in
Japan. Starting with the Tomie
series and then works such as
Lovesick Dead and Oshikiri, a great
number of his comics have been made
into movies. |
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Horror Manga Collection series
volume 11 "The Town Without
Streets" ● Asahi Sonorama ● 552
yen |
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130-131
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